Combined hair form and tie



R. AND G. SCHEANBLUM.

COMBINATION HAIR FORM AND TIE.

APPLICATION'HLED FEB-11,1921

1 ,4 1 3,359. P ented Apr. 18, 1922,

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ITE I TA ROBERT SCHEANBLUM AND GRACE SCH EANBLUM OF DKNBURY, CONNECTICUT;

Application filed February l'h'iazi. Serial N01 445,808.

TocZZ whom it may concern: i

. Be it'known that we, Rosana SCHEAN- BLUM" and GRACE .SGHEANBLUM, citizens of" the United States, residing at Danbury, in the county ofiFairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Combined Hair Form and Tieyof which the following is a specification.

This invention is a combined hair form and tie adapted to be employed by ladies in arranging their hair in an attractive and aesthetic manner even in the ab sence of an heretofore proposed to accomplish this result generally, but the object of .the present invention isuto, greatly simplify prior constructions, economize in their .manufacture, minimize the weight-ofsuch devices, facilitate their application, and extend their field ofusefulness. I Anexpedient eration consists of a wirebase loop, the ends v,of whichare formed into .a secondary loop,

thelatter-being adapted to enclose a strand of hair, the loose end of which is adapted vto -be wrapped about the device to form the puff or roll, and in order. that the hair may be built. out from the scalp, so .as-to-give ,suflicient size or bulk to the roll or p11ff,the intermediateportion' of the secondary loop is usually connected with the. main loop by bridge wires which form a support therefor and cooperate with the secondary loop and ,base loop in the formation of a substantially semi-spherical wire framework. A construction of this character not only necessitates the employment ofa relatively large amount of, wire initsmanufacture and the manipulationof such large amount'of wire, but'in many instances requires more than one length of wire iand 1s unduly heavy and cumbersome for the work intended to be'per 7 One end of thewlre ls'provided with. a

formed thereby.

Furthermore, in devices of this character, wherein a supplementalloop is provided to embracela strandof hair, it is difficult in i the manufacture to form a loop of such a Specification of Letters Patent. Patgnted 7 V commonly. employed hereto: fore for the general purposes under consid-,

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COMBINED HAIRrom/r AND TIE.

Apr."18,.1922.

Widerange of adaptability'as to enable to .7 be used for persons, having varying amounts ofhair. 7 Accordingly, 1t has been necessary to manufacture several sizes of eachexpedient in order to meet the varying- -demands of the users.

The present invent-ion overcomes the disadvantages referred to and others andperforms all its functions in more eflicient and e'xpeditious way than the expedients heretofore employed.

From a structural standpoint, the invention, in its preferred form, embodies Ta base' loopjadapted to seat on the scalp ofjthe 'wea'rer in combination" with a wire extend;

ing substantially diametrically across. the

loop and preferably arched longitudinally. '1

The diametrically extending wire divides the loop Lnto'two lateral sections or halves, one

half of which isfpreferablycl'osed, the other half being'adapted" to be open toperm'itthe device to beislipped over a strand of hair without necessarily requiring the hairto be threaded through; the loop, In 'order that the base loopinay be thus opened orclosed,

taining the loop in closed position Features of the invention, other {than ,one end of thesame may be conveniently providedf with a liook jfor normally main those specified, will be apparentffrom the hereinafter detailed description and claims,

when read in conjunction with the acconl panyingj "drawings.

.- Thefaccompanylngdrawings illustrate one practical embodiment of the present inven-' *tion', butthe construction therein shown is to be understood as illustrative, only, and" not'as' defining the limits of the presentinvention. V a n Y Figure 1 is a view of a head showing themanner in which adevice embodying thef present invention maybe applied.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the dc Figure 3 is a plan view of the device.

The deviceof this invention is. preferablyfl otherdesired material so as toentirelyenclose and conceal the wire.

hook 1. and the portion of the wire next adjacent. the hook is then bent to form a formedinione piece from lightiresilient. or" spring wire, and,.in"practice, the w re may be covered with cotton,s1lk, hair or any loop 2 being thereafter caused to. change direction at 3 and extend substantlally dia- It will be understood, however, that while the offset 6 to provide the keeper 7 is preferred, the present invention is not limited in this respect.

A device formed in the manner described embodies, generally speaking, a base loop 2, divided by a bridge wire l into two lateral halves 8 and 9, the former of which is closed and the latter of which is closed so long as the hook 1 engages with thekeeper 7 The lateral half 9 may be opened, however, by

- disengaging the hook from the keeper and this fact enables the device to be more expeditiously and conveniently applied to hair strands of any size than has heretofore been possible in devices of this character.

In applying the device to the hair, for example in the formation of a psyche, the hair may be gathered at the back of the head into a single strand and while it is thus held in gathered condition, the hook I may be dis- .engaged from the keeper and, allowing the lateralhalf 9 of the base loop to spring out as shown in Figures 2 and 3 enables the device to be slipped in a lateral direction about the strand of hair without requiring the threading of any of the hair through either of the loops 8 and 9. Thereafter and without the exercise of any care whatsoever, the hook 1 may be engaged with the keeper 7 and after this is done, the device may be forced firmly against the scalp while the strand of hair passing through the section 9 is held taut. This operation is made possible by the unusually large area of the loop section 9 which does not cause binding of the hair and permits of ready adjustment of the device on the hair even after in position to encircle the hair strand. In prior devices, the hair, if in abundance, is usually gripped in such manner by the part of the device which surrounds it that adjustment must be made before the device is clamped inpositron. Y

After the device has been mounted in place on the head, in the manner described, .and the hook engaged with the keeper, the hair may be built up on the form in the usual manner and secured in position through the use of hair pins as will be well understood by those familiar with hair dressing.

In the use of the device as described, and

' as shown in Figure 1, all of the hairto be formed on the device is enclosed within the lateral half 9, yet if the hair dresser so de sires, the hair may be separated in two strands or parts and one of these parts passed through the lateral half 8 of the loop and brought together with a strand passed through the lateral half 9 beyond the bridge wire l. These modes of putting up the hair however are optional with the hair dresser.

In Figure 1 of the drawings, we have shown for illustrative purposes, the manner of employing the device in the building up of hair formations at the top or back of the head. Itwill be understood, however, that, in practice, the structure is equally well adapted for the making of side puffs 'or rolls or puffs on any part of the head.

Having thus fully described the invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A combined hair form and tie embodying a wire bent for a portion of its length to form an open loop the free end of which is provided with a hook, and the remainder of the wire being bent to extend transversely across the loop to the opposite side thereof and there permanently secured to the loop to constitute a distending member which is arched longitudinally.

2. A combined hair form and tie embodying a wire provided at one end with a hook and bent for aportion of its length adjacent the hook to form an open loop,'one free end of which loop isprovided with'the hook,

and the remainder of the wire being bent I to extend transversely across the loop to the opposite side thereof and there permanently secured to the loop, the transversely extending wire portion being provided adjacent the point of its integral connection with the loop with a fixed keeper adapted to be engaged by the hook to maintain the loop in closed condition. V

3. A combined hair form and'tie embodying a single wire fashioned into an open loop having a free end provided with an ing a wire bent to form a base loop and 7 also an arched distendmg element extending transversely of the base loop, one end of the wire being free from permanent attachment to the, remainder of the wire except in so faras said end is integral with the wire, and attaching means associated with the free end of the wire for detachably securing said free endto an intermediate portion of the wire.

5. A combined hair form and tie embody ing a single wire fashioned into an open loop having one free end shaped to form a hook, and a bridge member extending substantially diametrically of the loop and provided adjacent the loop with an offset por tion forming a keeper adapted to cooperate with said hook in order to secure the loop in closed position. i j

6. A combined hair form and tie embodying a single wire fashioned into an open loop, having a free end provided with a hook shaped member, and the other terminal of which loop forms the starting point of a bridge member extending therefrom subarched longitudinally With its end secured to the loop, said bridge member being provided 15' at its end adjacent the terminal of the loop opposite the hook with an offset portion forming a keeper adapted to be engaged by the hook for securing the loop in closed' position.

In testimony whereof, we have signed" our names to this specification. ROBERT SCHEANBLUM.

GRACE SCHEANBLUM. 

